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Definition 2024
emergency_room
emergency room
English
Noun
emergency room (plural emergency rooms)
- A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.
Synonyms
- emergency department
- accident and emergency (A&E)
- casualty (UK)
- emergency ward (EW)
- ER (abbreviation)
Translations
Hospital department primarily used for the treatment of the most serious, often life-threatening conditions
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